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Churn Dasher.

No. 78,025. P atentedMay 19, 1868.

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BENJA IN F. srovEe AND ABRAM H. STOVER, 0F- LADOGA, INDIANA.

Letters Patent 1Y0. 78,025, dated May 19, 1868 IMPROVEMENT IN GHURN-DASHER HEAD TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that we, BENJAMIN F. STOVER and ABRAM H. STOVER, of Lado'ga, in the county of Montgomery, and State of Indiana, have invented a new and improved Churn-Dasher Head; and Wade hereby declare that the following'is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable those skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to theraccompanying drawing forming part of this specification.

The drawing represents our improved churn dasher head in elevation.

'Ou r improved dasher-head is madeof very finely-perforated or reticulated'metal, concave on its under side, an'dis provided with a socket, extending upward and downward to a suflicient distance to firmly braee'andisecure it upon a common dasher-stafl'. p

In practice we make the apertures in the metal very small and numerous, at least one hundred to a square inch. By reason of the diminutive size, and great number of the apertures, it is made impossible for cream to pass through without the oil-cells or globules being broken, and this renders the invention essentially different in practical effect from any dasher which is provided with a comparatively small number of larger perforations.

A represents the concave head, and B the socket, soldered or brazed thereto. The said socket is adapted to receive a common flasher-stall, and extends upward and downward to asufiicient length to securely brace the head upon thestafi. I

The material may he tin, copper, brass, or any finely-perforated metal plate, or a fine wire gauze may be employed in its construction, as the object to be attained is intense action on the cream, by friction in the pro- .ecss of churning, produced by its pressure through the fine holes when the conical: dasher-head plunges down in'the churn. 1

The advantage of this construc'tionis a rapid liberation and separation of the globules of butter from the whey or serous matter of-milk and cream, by means of the fine holes, through which the whole mass passes in the process of churning. I i

The-device is also very cheap, simple, convenient, cleanly, and durable.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new,'anr1 desire to secure by Letters Patent- The concave head A, of finely -perfornted orreticulated metal, havinga socket, B, as and for the purpose specified. I

BENJAMIN F. STOVER,

ABRAM H. STOVER. Witnesses:

ALBERT ALLEN, R. D. YARD. 

